What is house: Definition and 200 Discussions

The host will have appetizers and wine. It's a "night of shopping" event with a couple vendors like Tastefully Simple, Southern Living, PartyLite, and a jewelry DS company. I will have my stuff set up on a card table and have an idea of what I'm going to display. I was hoping to have a...

Hi, My friend wants to host a cooking show (my first) and she and I know a lot of the same people so we are using the show (Dec 10) as my launch. I think there will be quite a few people but she has requested it be an open house format. sooo..... do you do an interactive cooking demo and just...

Even though I have been a consultant for 2 years, I never had an open house. I have my 1st one for next Sunday. My question is, how much food do you have? My OCD can really get the best of me.:blushing: I feel like I am spending day and night thinking of every little detail. I love entertaining...

So we are doing a functional open house this coming week that allows us to help the customers learn a lesson while they are there.. Such as Arbonne is doing how to on eyes, jewelry for christmas outings.. so I am doing impressive appetizers for holiday gatherings. I need to be able to repeat it...

Hi, I am a new consultant, waiting for my kit and I am planning on doing an open house for my first show because I don't know anyone in the area. Do you think that mailing miniature catalogs to close family and friends and then calling them to see if they wanted to order anything is a good...

I have been a consultant for almost 2 years now. I have never had an "Open House". I am finally planning one in November :cool:. I know how I am going to do it and what food I will make. Actually, I have been thinking of this all summer and taking notes on some of your great ideas. I want it to...

I had a garage sale over the weekend and I had a drawing for a free cooking show (and not one entry) and some mini's out on a table. I was also using some Pampered Chef bags that come with orders for people to put their stuff in. Some guy was like, "Oh Pampered Chef" and I asked if he was...

Has anyone else watched the two videos on YouTube with Robin House talking about her Chicken Your Way show? I really like all the tips she gives. I don't know if I should link the videos here, but one is titled "Chix Tips" and the other is titled "House Chick Take 2". I also loved the PDF I...

Ok, so I have decided that this year instead of having a Christmas Open House, I would rather host a Fall Fest. The past 2 years of having the Christmas Open House has not turned out well due to the cold and bad weather. It's still been fun to offer different gift ideas and a cookie exchange...

I had a host recently that did not want the deep covered baker, she also did not want to take advantage of her 3rd half price item, so I used it to order the DCB for me (I had the white one before). Well, I have my open house tonight, so I took it out of the box last night. I am so bummed. The...

What are your favorties? I plan on having an open house in October and need help getting some recipes together. PLEASE HELP! :confused:

Yesterday I got home and there was a PC box waiting for me. I had submitted my own show at the end of August and I won a prize in the drawing. I won the Holiday Dots Square Bowl. I am so EXCITED! I hadn't even checked the list so I had no clue that it was coming. Good thing they had that...

Sorry if this seems like a dumb question. I probably should know this. For the fall/winter new sample packages- is there a deadline it needs to be ordered by? I am planning my 1st "open house/ holiday party" in November and want to show more new products. I am trying to budget my $. But don't...

Howdy all! I'm doing an open house this coming Friday to showcase the new Fall/Winter line. I've got about 10 people coming, 3 of them past hosts and have about $400 in outside orders so I really want to get to $1,000.... Any ideas for activities during the show to kinda keep...

I am getting things listed out and ready for my Grand Opening that I will be having in a few weeks. My question for you pc veterans is what do you see that works better? Doing a demo show like a regular cooking class or to do more like an Open House where you have various recipes already made...

Morning all! I am doing an open house this evening and I am really looking forward to it. My upline let me borrow the rest of the new fall stuff so I have it all on display! I have signs up in the neighborhood and just over all excited about this! One thing though. There was an email out...

Morning all! I am doing an open house next week here at my house and was wondering about being able to put up yard signs...Are we allowed to do that? I was thinking along the lines of the garage sale signs you see everywhere with arrows showing people where to go. Can we do that for a PC open...

Hi Yall! So I was pondering how to save money, get info out about my fall open house AND the mini catalog. The light bulb went on and I felt like Homer Simpson! lol :p The labels I used are the same Avery 5164 that you download the template for the mini catalog invitations. So I just created...

Southern Living and Entertaining at Home have combined and are now Willow House. Their site says they are launching August 4th.

Southern Living and Entertaining at Home have combined and are now Willow House. Their site says they are launching August 4th.

I received an email today from a contact on my newsletter list. I had originally met her at an event I participated in at work, but I was never able to get her to book a show, or recruit her. It's been quite a while since the event, and I've kept in touch with her with occasional calls. She's...

Hi all, I really want to do a open house show where guests, past hosts, past guests, etc can bring in old, used, damaged tools to "trade-in" for new ones. Does anyone have a flyer or more information on how you would do this? I was thinking about having several drawings for discounts or...

I am one of the vendors at an open house/fundraiser for Lymphoma Society. Originally I was told that I was the only vendor but now others have asked to be a part of the day too.. While that is fine it still changed the whole dynamic of the day.. now it is going to be an open house fundraiser so...

I just wanted to toot my own horn for a minute. I had an open house at my mom's on Tuesday night and the show is (still have one or two orders pending) at $1100.00!! I was so nervous because alot of people on here said they are not worth the effort, but this truly was. I am a little miffed that...

I got a booking from Sunday's show and she just brought a new home and wants to have a Pampered Chef party so that she can invite everyone and show of her home. Any suggestions as to how to handle this type of show. Thanks for any advise you can give me.

The house across the street is empty. The couple divorced, husband moved to CA and the wife and kids moved to an apartment. The house is owned by her parents and his father, w/o a mortgage. They own outright. They have been working on it over the last couple of weeks. We have befriended the...

I have an Open House coming up and I was wanting to get ideas for recipes that can sit out without becoming nasty. I don't want to spend alot of time during the show in the kitchen. My daughter and her friend (teenagers) will be there to assist, so I will have some help if there are some things...

I was approached by a family member who is trying to raise money for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. She is running a half marathon in April and needs to raise $1200.00. We were thinking about having an Open House the end of this month along with Tastefully Simple (actually got the venue for...

Not sure where to put this..so I just picked what I thought would be best. We are getting new neighbors across the street from us..from what I have heard it is a young couple..I would like to give them a small housewarming gift..along with a catalog..any suggestions on what I can give them??

I have had the worst luck with open houses in general and also with booking show's since the end of my first 90 days. My first open house I invited over 100 people from my development, and one person showed. My second, I won't discuss because it was a total flop. I decided to reach out of my...